Fièvre au retour de voyage: où, quand? [Investigating fever after travel].

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_86D41C2C79CD
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Fièvre au retour de voyage: où, quand? [Investigating fever after travel].
Journal
Revue Médicale de la Suisse Romande
Author(s)
D'Acremont V., Jaquérioz F., Genton B.
ISSN
0035-3655 (Print)
ISSN-L
0035-3655
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Volume
123
Number
2
Pages
89-92
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Two questions are crucial in the evaluation of fever in returning travellers, i.e. "Where have you been?" and "When did you go and when did you return from your trip?". Prior to establishing practice guidelines for fever in returning travellers and migrants, we did a systematic review of the geographical distribution of all infectious diseases in the tropical and subtropical countries. In the present paper, results are summarized by disease per continent. We also reviewed the extreme ranges for the incubation of the same diseases. Results are expressed graphically. Detailed information on space and time should help the practitioner to do an appropriate differential diagnosis, in particular to exclude diseases that are absent in the country visited or diseases with an incubation period that is incompatible with the travel history and symptoms occurrence dates.
Keywords
Fever/etiology, Humans, Infection/diagnosis, Infection/etiology, Travel, Tropical Climate
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